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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5516 - סִיסְרָא
Transliteration
Çîyçᵉrâʼ
Phonetics
see-ser-aw'
Origin
of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Sisera = "battle array"
- the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael
- ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (20)
Judges
16
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
BSB (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
CSB (18)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
ESV (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
KJV (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
LEB (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
LSB (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
N95 (20)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
NAS (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (21)
Judges
17
1 Samuel
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Psalms
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
סִיסְרָא21 proper name, masculine (GFM Judges 4:2; PAOS xix (1898), 160 compare Hittite names in #NAME?); —
1 general of Jabin, king of Hazor Judges 4:2 12t. Judges 4; apparently himself king Judges 5:20,26,28,30; compare 1 Samuel 12:9; Psalm 83:10; — on ׳ס see GFM Ju, 107 ff.; PAOS 1.c.; ᵐ5 Σ(ε)ισαρα.
2בְּנֵיסִֿיסְרָא returned exiles, Ezra 2:53 = Nehemiah 7:55; ᵐ5 Σεισαραθ, Σισαρα, etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
סִיסְרָא (“a field of battle,” compare Syriac ܣܝܺܣܪܳܬܳܐ, perhaps, for סרסרתא from the root סוּר = سار to leap onward, to make an onset), [Sisera], pr.n. m.
(1) of a general of Jabin, king of Canaan, Judges 4:2, seq.; Psalms 83:10.
(2) Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55.
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List of Word Forms
וְסִֽיסְרָא֙ וסיסרא כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כסיסרא לְסִ֣יסְרָ֔א לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א לסיסרא סִֽיסְרָ֑א סִֽיסְרָ֔א סִֽיסְרָ֖א סִֽיסְרָ֛א סִֽיסְרָ֜א סִֽיסְרָ֨א סִֽיסְרָא֒ סִֽיסְרָא֙ סִֽיסְרָא֩ סִיסְרָֽא׃ סיסרא סיסרא׃ kə·sî·sə·rā kesiseRa kəsîsərā lə·sî·sə·rā lesiseRa ləsîsərā sî·sə·rā siseRa sîsərā sisRa vesiseRa wə·sî·sə·rā wəsîsərā